Comment on uBlockOrigin is porting uBOL to iOS

• kautau@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Agreed, but just to clarify as the above commenter said, it is safari-only. VPN based ad blockers are basically the only way to block ads throughout iOS and they are all subscription based unless you are grandfathered in (like the early adblocker pro subscription mentioned above).

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  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I use a combo of Firefox Focus and Safari with Wipr 2 on my phone! Every other browser is WebKit under the hood so whatever, but I would LOVE Firefox with actual extensions and Firefox guts

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    • kautau@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Agreed. For apple I imagine the biggest issue is that a system-wide ad blocker means that all of the AdAttributionKit and StoreKit stuff might get blocked and therefore it’s never an API they’d open to other general apps because it’s less revenue. That being said though, like I said VPNs can filter requests.

      And the APIs already exist

      support.apple.com/guide/deployment/…/web

      But it’s exclusive to MDM providers which pay apple a boatload of money and are specifically integrating your app with an enterprise deployment scheme. Maybe the EU can rally to get apple to open up these APIs to power users

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      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Daaaamn you know sooooo much more than I do (not sarcastic!)

        I’m much more of a layman but I would loooove ublock for Firefox on iOS, I just know that WebKit is the only way and that’s okay with me for now.

        I would obviously welcome an open API!

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• Leorhall@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve been using Wipr for quite a while, a just set it and forget it kind of deal. I had no idea there was a v2. Will check it out this morning!

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  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s soooo worth it, it blocks even more stuff like autoscrolling videos, Adblock shame popups, cookie banners, and more things.

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    • Leorhall@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I ended up buying it; it’s working well so far!

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      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Hell yeah! YouTube is a little weird, I have to refresh for videos to play. I mainly just use Firefox Focus to play YouTube vids because it works much better for ad blocking.

        For everything else tho, I really am loving Wipr2.

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